Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Finance) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the senator for her question. Australia's decisions taken and led by the Prime Minister from 1 February last year to close our international borders have been a key feature of Australia's success in protecting Australians from COVID-19 and ensuring that we have saved lives—some estimated 30,000-plus lives, compared with the OECD averages for deaths around the world. Alongside that, we've been fortunate, thanks to economic responses, to be able to save businesses and jobs and to ensure that Australia weathers the global storm caused by this global pandemic—